Cristina Fernández suffers from hypotension

• April 19, 2024

The president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández , he suffered this Tuesday, April 12 a picture of hypotension , reason why it suspended his official activities to keep rest. Through a press release, the Presidential Medical Unit, said Fernandez de Kirchner presented: "a picture of arterial hypotension for which rest was indicated for 24 hours."

The 58-year-old president of Argentina will remain in the Official Residence of Olivos, just outside Buenos Aires and it is expected that in the next few days she will continue with her work activities.

What is hypotension?

The low blood pressure , also known as hypotension , occurs when the pressure, during and after each heartbeat, is much lower than usual, which means that the heart, brain and other parts of the body do not receive enough blood.

Most of the arterial pressures Normal ones are in the range of 90/60 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) up to 130/80 mm Hg, but a significant fall, even of only 20 mm Hg, can cause problems for some people. The hypotension It often affects young adults and children and occurs when a person has been standing for a long time.

Factors that trigger it

1. Alcohol
2. Excess heat
3. Anxiolytics
4. Certain antidepressants
5. Diuretics
6. Medications for the heart, including medications for high blood pressure and coronary heart disease
7. Medications used for surgery
8. Analgesics

Last January, Fernández Kirchner suffered a lipotimia (a faint), as a result of excess heat in summer. At that time, her personal doctors scolded her because, despite the high temperatures of that January 25, the president of Argentina performed her daily routine of gymnastics, which caused her to dehydrate and then detonated her hypotension .

Two summers ago, in January 2009, by prescription of the presidential doctor, Cristina Kirchner had to postpone for one week her trips to Cuba and Venezuela after suffering a picture of lipotimia that forced her to suspend official activities and to rest for 48 hours.